In 1997, the National Education Association (NEA) kicked-off a day to celebrate reading throughout the United States. Today, we observe National Reading Month. This nationwide observance coincides with the birthday of Dr Seuss (Geisel), an American writer best known for writing children's books such as: Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Cat in the Hat. Stewart Elementary has had a lot of fun in March with this celebration and the theme of Dr Seuss characters/ books. One of the activities is a guessing jar that is being passed from class to class. Each student has the opportunity to guess how many goldfish crackers are in the jar. The student who guesses the closest will earn the goldfish crackers as a snack for their class. Reading is fun at Stewart Elementary!

WCSD: Concert

The Washington All School Concert was held Thursday night at the WHS Gym. All schools were represented and did a super job. Thank you to everyone that helped facilitate this and make it run so smoothly. It was fantastic!

STEWART: FAIRNESS

What does fairness mean to you? We'd like to extend a big thank you to Miss Goodwin’s second grade class for helping us learn what it means to be fair during our most recent character assembly! We love having our second grade classes be role models for our younger students at Stewart Elementary.

Stewart: Voted Favorite Teacher

Voted as the Readers Choice Favorite teacher for the 2014 year in Washington, Iowa; we are proud to congratulate Tara Luers! Tara is a teacher at Stewart Elementary with the Washington School District. Categories for the Washington Evening Journal Readers Choice awards are voted on by residents in the Washington area. The Washington Evening Journal publishes an annual edition congratulating the recipients of the awards each February for votes based on the prior year. Congratulations Tara! (Courtesy of The Washington Evening Journal)

Stewart: ELPA21 Test

We're in the news! A new test is currently being developed nationally to test English Language proficiency: English Language Proficiency for the 21st Century (ELPA21). The Washington Community School District is one of the districts in the 11 states selected in the United States that are piloting the test. We are proud to say that this test was developed with the help of two of our teachers: Beth Bryce & Kate Glinsmann. Pictured is a second grade student taking the pilot ELPA21 test online.